Auction 100 – Important Hebrew Manuscripts and Books from the Victor (Avigdor) Klagsbald Collection
Ot Emet – Collection of Glosses to Midrashim – Salonika, 1565 – First Edition
Opening: $1,000
Estimate: $1,500 - $2,000
Sold for: $1,625
Including buyer's premium
Ot Emet, glosses and references to various Midrashic books and Yalkut Shimoni, as well as the liturgy, by R. Meir Benveniste. Salonika: Yosef son of Yitzchak Yaavetz, 1565. First edition.
Work comprising hundreds of emendations to the printed editions of Midrashic books (Mechilta, Sifra, Sifrei, Midrash Rabbah, Midrash Tanchuma and Yalkut Shimoni), as well as sections of the prayer service ("Seder Kedushah", with glosses copied from the Siddur of R. Shlomo Alkabetz), based on manuscripts and accurate texts.
Handwritten signatures and inscriptions on title page and second leaf. One inscription dated 1623.
182 leaves. 19 cm. Fair condition. Many stains, including dampstains and heavy dark stains to several leaves. Worming in many places, affecting text. Tears and open tears, affecting text, partially repaired with paper filling. New leather binding.
CB, no. 6294,1; Zedner, p. 522; Roest, p. 780.
Early Printed Books – Turkey and the East
Early Printed Books – Turkey and the East